Agricultural implement.



, No 849,646. PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

. H. 0. WEAVER. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 23. 1906.

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UNITED STATES HENRY O. WEAVER, OF ROYAL, ARKANSAS.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed October 23, 1906. Serial No. 340,165.

To all whom it Wuty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. WVEAVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Royal, in the county of Garland and State of Arkansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Agricultural Implements,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to agricultural implements.

One object is to provide an implement for picking up stones, &c., fromfields or roadways or potatoes or other vegetables from the soil anddelivering them to a suitable receptacle carried by the implement.

Another object resides in the provision of a simple, inexpensive,durable, and efficient implement of the character stated.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view the present inventionconsists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterreferred to, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes maybe made in the form, proportion, size, and minor details withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top planview of my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viewof the receiving-receptacle.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, thereference character 1 indicates a suitable frame pivotally mounted uponan axle 2 adjacent the inner faces of the wheels 3, there being asuitable shaft 4 secured to the frame and carrying a doubletree 5. Aplatform 6 is disposed at the rear of the frame, upon which the operatormay stand, if desired. If preferred, a seat 7 may be disposed upon theplatform 6.

F ixedly secured in any suitable manner upon the axle 2 is a drum 8,carrying separate series of alining tines 9, which are preferably curvedand serve as fingers for cooperation with the scoop-rake made up ofcurved tines 10, mounted in any suitable manner in the head 11. Thishead 11 is secured at its ends to the arms 12, pivoted upon therespective ends of the axle 2. In its normal position the head 11 restsupon the supports a of the frame 1. This rake may have its head.adjustably supported in any suitable manner, one means residing indisposing the supports a interchangeably in the perforations a.

As the rock is taken up off the ground during movement of the implementthe fingers or tines 9 by reason of their rotation with the drum pushstone, rock, and the like upon the rake, finally causing the same to bepushed upwardly of the rake and dumped upon one of the series ofplatforms 13, from which they are delivered into a suitablecollecting-receptacle 1 1, pivoted, as at 1), between the front end ofthe frame 1 and the strip 0.

The receptacle 14 is held against accidental tilting by the fastener (Zand has one open end to permit a ready discharge of the articlesdeposited therein when the fastener (Z is unlatohed. It will be seenthat there is a platform 13 between each two sets of curved tines orfingers 9, and each may be secured in any suitable manner to the tinesor fingers 9.

When not operating the implement, the scoop-rake may be turned upon itspivot to dispose its head 11 forwardly of the groundwheels 3, as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be understood that my implement may be drawnby draft and obviously by one or more animals. Of course the implementmay be drawn by hand, if desired, and the free ends of the scoop-raketines may be raised or lowered for different inclination with respect tothe ground. In fact, it is one purpose of my invention to adapt it forthe digging of potatoes and collecting them in the aforesaidcollecting-receptacle 14. The scoop-rake may have its fingers or tinesdisposed for engagement with the surface of the soil or for diggingthereinto, according to the disposition of the supports a.

In the use of my invention stones, rocks, &c. may be easily andexpeditiously removed from roadways or fields and collected in asuitable receptacle. Potatoes and the like may not only be taken fromthe ground, but by reason of the passage through the implement relievedof more or less dirt and delivered to a collecting-receptacle carried bythe implement.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. An implement of the character described,comprising a wheeled frame, a drum mounted for rotation with the wheels,separate sets of 'tines carried by the drum, a platform arranged betweeneach two sets of tines, and a scoop-rake having its head pivotallymounted upon the axis of the wheels.

2. An implement of the character described, comprising a wheeled frame,a drum mounted for rotation with the wheels, separate sets of tinescarried by the drum, a plati form arranged between each two sets oftines, a scoop rake having its head pivotally mounted upon the axis ofthe wheels, and a i collecting-receptacle arranged to cooperate with thescoop-rake and the separate sets of tmes.

3. An implement of the character described, comprising a wheeled frame,a rotatable member arranged between the wheels and including separatesets of tines, and a scoop-rake including a head provided with means topivotally mount it upon the axis of the wheels.

4. An implement of the character described, comprising a wheeled frame,a rota table member arranged between the wheels and including separatesets of tines, a scooprake including a head provided with means topivotally mount it upon the axis of the wheels, and means whereby saidhead may be supported in different positions within the frame.

5. An implement of the character described, comprising a wheeled frame,a rotatable member arranged within the frame and provided with separatesets of tines, a platform arranged between each two sets of tines, ascoop-rake pivotally mounted upon the axis of the wheels, meansremovably engaging the frame to adjust the position of the scoop-rake,and a collecting-receptacle arranged in advance of the wheels forcooperation with said rotatable member and the scoop-rake.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY C. WEAVER Witnesses:

C. H. BRoUGHToN, GEORGE W BRAY.

